Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!purdue!gatech!udel!cranor From: cranor@udel.EDU (Chuck Cranor) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Binary groups need their own hierarchy Message-ID: <2675@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 23 May 88 14:02:28 GMT References: <397@pan.UUCP> <5284@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <22773@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <1988May22.031701.18412@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: cranor@udel.EDU (Chuck Cranor) Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 24 In article <1988May22.031701.18412@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >> newsgroups devoted to specific classes of machines should have their >> own top-level newsclasses... > >While I agree that there is some merit to this idea, I really loathe >the idea of YET MORE top-level names. The length of sys-file lines is >already getting ridiculous. >for example, "!comp.binaries" is not much harder than "!bin". Arranging Henry- I think you've missed the point. By putting binaries in thier own top level it requires action to *receive* binary news groups rather than block them. [It also makes them a nice open target to nuke!!] It's a great idea. Also, I think the sys file takes the old "\" trick. (It was added in an update?) Chuck UDel News Admin -- Chuck Cranor University of Delaware PHONE: (302)-451-6660 (UDel), (302)-737-5852 (home) ARPA: cranor@udel.EDU, UUCP: ...!!udel.edu!cranor "I'd like to see John the Baptist's impersonation of Graham Hill." - R.J. Gumby